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And the French are not just buying fairy lights for the terrace: the biggest category sold is outdoor plants.
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Telecommuting when possible, working in outdoor areas, or bringing toxin-sucking plants to the office can all reduce the quantity of exposure to such chemicals.
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Its dense texture creates visual interest on a small scale, and it keeps plants moist like mulch would for an outdoor garden.
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We ended up in a local outdoor cafe with banana trees and various leafy tropical plants, Brazilian hostesses (ahem) and locally inspired cuisine.
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Emerging from the main buildings, outdoor xeriscaped gardens flourish with more than 30, 000 plants.
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With the help of many PTA volunteers, we installed a large green house, water garden with fish, bridge, butterfly garden, weather station, sundial, archaeology digging area for fossils and minerals, tree stumps for counting the rings, benches for an outdoor classroom and reading area, and over 60 different plants, shrubs and trees.
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The swimming pool has a built-in bench where the couple's college-age children can watch movies projected onto one of the walls (the projector is hidden inside a fountain.) Loggias and outdoor dining areas surround the courtyard, which has grass between shellstone pavers, strawberry plants and a pineapple guava tree.
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